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Ponderosa Elementary
804 Ponderosa Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 14%
  • English learners: 45%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 13%
  • Migrant education program participants: 4%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 35%
  • Special education within past two years: 16%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 3.36
(based on the 94% who responded)
Graduate School
 20%
College Graduate
 33%
Some College
 18%
High School
Graduate
 20%
Not a High School
Graduate
 9%

State Rank: 7 out of 101
API Score:
(2011) 		8522
Student Ethnicity:
Asian
 35%
Hispanic/Latino
 29%
White
 26%
Filipino
 3%
Two or More
 2%
African American
 2%
American Indian
 1%
Pacific Islander
 1%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 94086:

Related Schools:
Adrian Wilcox High rank: 7 in Santa Clara
Bowers Elementary rank: 6 in Santa Clara
Bracher Elementary rank: 9 in Santa Clara
Braly Elementary rank: 8 in Sunnyvale
Briarwood Elementary rank: 5 in Santa Clara
Buchser Middle rank: 6 in Santa Clara
C. W. Haman Elementary rank: 5 in Santa Clara
Don Callejon rank: 8 in Santa Clara
Downtown College Prep Alviso rank: 2 in Alviso
George Mayne Elementary rank: 7 in Alviso
Juan Cabrillo Middle rank: 4 in Santa Clara
Kathryn Hughes Elementary rank: 5 in Santa Clara
Laurelwood Elementary rank: 10 in Santa Clara
Marian A. Peterson Middle rank: 9 in Sunnyvale
Millikin Elementary rank: 10 in Santa Clara
Montague Elementary rank: 6 in Santa Clara
New Valley Continuation High rank: A in Santa Clara
Pomeroy Elementary rank: 6 in Santa Clara
Ponderosa Elementary rank: 7 in Sunnyvale
Santa Clara High rank: 6 in Santa Clara
Scott Lane Elementary rank: 2 in Santa Clara
Sutter Elementary rank: 9 in Santa Clara
Washington Elementary rank: 8 in Santa Clara
Westwood Elementary rank: 6 in Santa Clara
Wilson Alternative rank: 1 in Santa Clara

Notes:
  1. The State Rank is determined by a school's API Score in comparison to all other schools in California. (1 is the worst, 10 is the best). An equal number of schools occupy each rank. * This rank comes from the 2011 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
  2. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school's performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2011.
  3. Alternative Schools receive APIs but do not receive ranks
  4. Parent Education is the average of all responses where "1" represents "Not a high school graduate" and "5" represents "Graduate school."
  5. More information: 2011 Base API Information Guide (PDF; 512KB; 77pp.)



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